I made this bread into big soft chocolate pretzels. The bread itself is pretty bland, even when I increased the sugar to 1/3 Cup in hopes of giving it a little more flavor. Next time I'll add chocolate chips to the bread, and/or drizzle melted chocolate on top of it.

This bread turned out fine but was not rich at all. I prefer very rich foods, so this fell kind of flat for my taste buds.

This bread (I made rolls) turned out pretty well, but only with a lot of modifications. I followed Terry137's ingredient recommendations, except I used 4 and 1/2 cups of flour, omitted the oats, and added a teaspoon of chocolate extract to my milk. I let the dough rise until doubled, then punched it down and divided it into 2-inch rolls. No second rise-- just baked them for 30 minutes at 375 degrees. I also drizzled a sugar glaze on top while they were still warm. For a sweeter roll (because these *smell* a lot sweeter than they are), next time I might try adding some unmelted chocolate chips to the dough.

This is really good. It took a while for it to rise for me - way more than one hour, but that's ok. It's a dense bread, but wow - great flavor. Reminds me of a chocolate cookie but not overly sweet. This is terrific toasted with peanut butter (I'm a chocolate-peanut butter freak!) I plan to make this a part of a Christmas baked gift package for my MIL and SIL - they both LOVE chocolate and I believe they would love this.

I loved this bread. I did add 1 cup of cocoa, almost a cup of sugar, 2eggs, 1 1/2 teaspoon salt, 4 tablespoons margarine,5 1/2 cups all-purpose flour,1 teaspoon of rum extract that I added to my 1 cup of milk, almost 1/2 cup of oats soak the oats with your milk, rum extract for about 10 mins. I let my dough rest for 15 mins then I rolled into nice size balls,and baked for 15 to 20 mins.when they came out of the oven I put butter on top of them just to soften the top and I made a rum glaze with 2 cups of powder suger,2 tablespoons of soft butter , 1/2 teaspoon of rum extract, milk to get it nice and creamy.I put this glaze while they were still warm,then I put some peacon on top then more glaze so that the nuts don't fall of this was tasty like a Chocolate doughnut so good,most,soft you have to try it this way and the kids will love them. wish I could give more star this was a good recipe that you can do alot with

I had success with this recipe, but I prefer it a bit sweeter. 1/3 cup of cocoa to 2 tbsp. of sugar. Perhaps the sugar could be increased?

This bread is amazing! A student in my class brought it in for a special treat and we couldn't get enough of it. Mildly sweet with a rich but not overwhelming chocolate flavor. The smell is terrific and will be sure to fill your home with warmth.